LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION
WHAT IS THE SMALLEST UNIT OF LIFE
WHAT TYPE OF REALTIONSHIP IS CREATED WHEN BOTH ORGANISMS BENEFIT ?
MUTULISM
producers use what process to make food?
photosynthesis
carbon is attached to oxygen in a gas called
carbon dioxide (CO2)
What percentage of Nitrogen do we breathe
78%
GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF AN ORGAN SYSTEM
RESPRITORY SYSTEM, ENDOCRINE SYSTEM, NERVOUS SYSTEM, REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM, MUSCULAR SYSTEM, SKELETAL SYSTEM, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM, URINARY SYSTEM
NAME 2 COMPONENTS OF PREDATION
PREY AND PREDATOR
Define a herbivore
Feeds on only plants
What process pulls carbon dioxide from the air to create oxygen
photosynthesis
Animals receive nitrogen by
eating plants
WHAT IS BEING DESCRIBED:
NUMEROUS ANIMALS OF THE SAME SPECIES
POPULATION
What is the relationship between a flea and a dog?
Parasite
give an example of an omnivore
bears, foxes, etc
What is the process of dying animals and plants
decomopsition
Plants take up nitrogen through the
Roots
WHAT IS AN ECOSYSTEM MADE UP OF ?
NONLIVING AND LIVING THINGS
Name 3 types of symbiotic relationships
mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism
In the Energy Pyramid, energy is lost as ____
Heat
what are some examples of burning fossil fuels
ships, airplanes, cars, trucks, factories, power plants
What is a two-step process that converts NH3/ NH4+ to NO3-
Nitrification
A group of tissues that work together to perform a similar function is called_____
ORGAN
Name 2 type of resources that organisms can compete over
examples:
water, food, shelter, territory, sunlight mates
what is the difference between a food web and food chain
food chain is linear with only one flow of energy
food web shows multiple food chains in an ecosystem
Describe the green house effect
the warming of Earth because of Carbon and other gases trapped in the earth's atmosphere making it impossible to escape.
process that converts gaseous nitrogen (N2) is to ammonia (NH3 or NH4+)
Nitrogen Fixation